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Say thank you and thrive! – by Frederick Marcoux

International Networking Week®: “A Week of One Million Thank You’s” stories from various international BNI leaders Submitted by Frederick Marcoux, National Director – BNI Australia This year’s International Networking Week theme is “One Million Thank You’s”. In Australia we’re really excited about this really engaging and meaningful theme! Saying “thank you” has a strong place in our […]

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One Billion Thank You’s – by Sam Schwartz and Yarden Noy

International Networking Week: “A Week of One Million Thank You’s” stories from various international BNI leaders Submitted by Sam Schwartz and Yarden Noy, National Directors – BNI Israel   International Networking Week has a special place in the BNI Israel history. When it was first announced about 13 years ago, we decided to have our annual conference […]

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La Gratitude en France – by Jessica Gomplewicz-Milot

International Networking Week: “A Week of One Million Thank You’s” stories from various international BNI leaders by Jessica Gomplewicz-Milot, Directrice Nationale, BNI France et Belgique francophone Saying thank you in France and receiving gratitude can be sometimes a bit tricky. Of course, you might have heard about how negative French people can be sometimes, but it is a bit […]

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Thanking Those Who Provided The Opportunity – by Tim Roberts

International Networking Week: “A Week of One Million Thank You’s” stories from various international BNI leaders Submitted by Tim Roberts, National Director – BNI United States of America This week, BNI celebrates International Networking Week and its Million Thank You initiative. It reminds me of how important it is to think about those who have made significant impacts […]

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One Million Thank Yous – International Networking Week®

Welcome to the 13th annual “International Networking Week®”. During this first week in February, we at BNI and other organizations around the world celebrate networking worldwide. “International Networking Week” is an initiative of BNI created  13 years ago. This year, we are asking you to help us to spread One Million Thank Yous all around […]

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One Million Thank Yous – International Networking Week

Welcome to the 13th annual “International Networking Week”. During this first week in February, we at BNI and other organizations around the world celebrate networking worldwide. “International Networking Week” is an initiative of BNI created  13 years ago. This year, we are asking you to help us to spread One Million Thank Yous all around […]

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Build a Better Business Blueprint

Take the time to re-examine your business blueprint biannually.  It is important to not only set your goals for the year but to review those goals in six months and take action to refocus yourself on these goals. Plus, I recommend that you look at why you’re doing what you’re doing. Why you do what […]

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Garage to Global ® – Another Four Lessons

I literally built my business from operating out of my garage to a global enterprise with over 9400 BNI chapters in more than 70 countries all around the world. Overall, I have twelve lessons for you that I’ve learned from taking my business literally garage to global. I’ve covered eight so far in previous blogs. […]

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Garage to Global ® – The Next Four Lessons

35 years ago, I started BNI literally in my garage and in a small room above my garage. I am truly an example of taking a business from a garage to global company. I am sharing this month twelve lessons that I’ve learned from scaling my company and making it grow globally. These are things […]

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Garage to Global ®

I am introducing today a concept I am calling garage to global. I literally built my business from operating out of my garage to a global enterprise with over 9400 BNI chapters in more than 70 countries all around the world. How did I do that? Well, first and foremost, I created a plan that […]

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